Communicable Infections in Pakistan: A Battle to Confront

Authors

  • Talat Roome Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Dow Diagnostic Reference and Research Laboratory, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences Karachi, Pakistan.
  • Saeed Khan Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, Dow diagnostic Reference and Research Laboratory, Dow International Medical College, Dow University of Health Sciences, Ojha Campus, Karachi, Pakistan.

Abstract

Faced with the double-disease burden, Pakistan's health system is simultaneously challenged by communicable and non-communicable diseases; about 40 % burden of disease in Pakistan constitutes communicable infections including tuberculosis, measles, pneumonitis, acute respiratory infections, diarrhea, malaria, gastrointestinal infections, viral hepatitis and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV-AIDS). Pakistan is estimated to have fourth highest prevalence of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) worldwide whereas 1.5 million cases of malaria reported every year. The terrible situation of public health has beencritically portrayed in the annual health report of thePakistan

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Published

2014-08-01

How to Cite

Roome, T. ., & Khan, S. (2014). Communicable Infections in Pakistan: A Battle to Confront. Journal of the Dow University of Health Sciences (JDUHS), 8(2), 41–42. Retrieved from https://jduhs.com/index.php/jduhs/article/view/1447

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 2

Section

Editorial

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